Category Archives: Packaging

What if you heard a piano concerto whenever you saw the color pink? Or tasted blueberries when you saw the numeral 7? How about describing the smell of a hyacinth as a series of concentric circles? Believe it or not, … Continue reading →

Did you know that over 70% of our purchase decisions are made while we’re in a grocery store? And package design has a lot to do with those decisions. Package design is such a powerful influencer that a redesign for … Continue reading →

In Roman times, wine used to be stored in clay pots because glass was fragile and didn’t travel well. Wine couldn’t be legally sold by the bottle in England until 1860; up till then, it could only be purchased by … Continue reading →

In graphic design, color has a lot of influence. Our reaction to color is so subjective that it’s impossible to look at color without some kind of emotional response. Here’s a real-life example and a favorite advertising story: Three different … Continue reading →

The average amount of time a customer spends looking at an item in the supermarket? 1/26th of a second. If your package design hasn’t captured their interest by then, they’ve moved on. Good graphic design involves quickly getting your attention … Continue reading →

Thinking that convenience food was all about convenience, cake mixes were developed in the 1930’s that only required the addition of water. Tests showed that housewives were always looking for ways to save time in the kitchen. Sales were disappointing, … Continue reading →

What one word, when added to the directions on a package, virtually doubled sales? (This is not a trick question). The word was on every shampoo instruction label in the 80’s after the word “rinse”. The word? “Repeat.”